There is actually very little angst in these chapters... 'Cept for a certain someone. Sorry AT Fan.

Thank you for reading /or/ reviewing, big thanks to WarmTea for beta'ing and...

I hope you enjoy this chapter!


Daniel and Cassie stared at her.

"What?" The Hankan teenager asked, not believing her ears.

"We have until the 27th, correct?"

"That's the day we are flying back," Daniel began. "We have to report back to work on the 28th."

Dori took a deep breath. "We have four days then."

"Why does it matter?" Cassie snapped. "Why do you want to break them up? What happened to 'I want them to get married'?"

"Jack," Dori said simply.

Cassie opened her mouth then closed it. "I've been a jerk," she said frankly. "It's just that… Aunt Sam and him have loved each other… forever! Like the one time they were za'tarc-"

"What?" exclaimed Dori. "What's a za'tarc?"

The teenager sucked in a breath. "Whoops."

Daniel frowned at her then looked at Dori. "Jack will tell you someday," he promised.

"So… do we have a plan?" Cassie asked.

"I believe it would be best to first show Pete Shanahan the love that O'Neill bears for his fiancée… and-"

"Visa versa," Daniel finished. "Good idea Teal'c."

"But how do we do that?" Dori asked.

"Well…" Daniel trailed off. "Cassie? Any ideas?"

She shrugged. "The only one I got is: Dori should do the actual 'showing'." She stopped. "I mean… she's the only one that has been nice to him this whole time."

"I have done nothing of which I am ashamed of," Teal'c said firmly.

Cassie shrugged again. "I'm just saying… we haven't exactly been little 'Miss Congeniality… or Mr.'s."

Daniel nodded. "Okay… so what do we do?"

Teal'c and Cassandra exchanged glances. "We've been working on this for a while," Cassie began hopping off the bed and rummaging through her suitcase. "Tada!"

"It's a photo album," Dori said slowly. "How does that help-"

Cassie handed it to her reverently and she opened it.

All the photos were of Sam and Jack. Around the edges of the album were some quotes that Dori supposed that they must have said.

"Because I care about her… a lot more then I'm supposed too."

She read aloud. "Who said that?"

"O'Neill."

Dori slowly flipped through the pages. "You think this is enough?" She asked.

Daniel shook his head. "No… but it's all we've got."

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"Operation SS begins!"

"SS?" Dori hissed. "What am I? A member of the secret police?"

"It stands for Save Sam," Cassie explained handing her the album.

"Why?"

"Shut up and get moving!"

"I'm supposed to send Pete packing with a few pictures?"

"Dori!"

She grinned. "I'm goin', I'm goin'..."

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Janet and Sam went to the small town near to get groceries; Teal'c was set to work keeping Jack outside. Daniel was watching TV with Pete.

The stage was set.

Dori strolled in, clutching the album and two other books. She neared the couch and stopped.

"Daniel," she began. "Cassie needs you."

Daniel grumbled something about being the teenager's 'personal slave' and went out of the room. Dori plopped on the couch next to Pete and sighed.

"What's the matter kid?" He asked.

"I'm bored."

He gestured to the books she held. "Whatcha got there?"

She shrugged. "Found them on a table."

Pete looked at the books. A book on astronomy, a comic book, and a photo album.

She sighed and took the comic book. "He doesn't have a big selection of books, does he?"

Pete nodded. As he handed her the photo album, Dori 'accidentally' dropped it. The cover flipped open, revealing Pete's fiancée's face.

"Hey, that's Sam!" Dori exclaimed picking the book up. "Weird."

Pete held out his hand. "Can I look?"

She shrugged. "Be my guest." Handing it to him then looking down at the comic pages.

Stealing glances at him for the next few moments, she saw him grow a bit paler. She felt a twinge of remorse, which was pushed back by the remembrance of her 'dad's' anguish at the thought of her getting married.

"Is this your dad's?" the cop asked finally.

She lifted a shoulder. "Your guess is as good as mine."

Pete turned the page and sucked in a breath. Dori looked over at him then at the picture. It had Sam and Jack staring into each other's eyes, a playful smile on their faces. They were arm wrestling.

Dori dropped the comic book and began leafing through the astronomy book. Pete silently passed her the photo album and got up. Moments later, she heard the front door close.

"That went... well."

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Despite Cassie's disappointment that he did not immediately decide Sam loved her CO and rush back to Denver to console his broken heard, she still considered it a success.

Dori still felt bad about her role in this. Pete was a good guy, shethought. He deserved someone like Sam. She was smart enough to keep her opinion to herself, as she would have only enraged the Hankan teenager.

The front door burst open and two laughing women spilled in, bringing bits of snow in with them. Janet sat her groceries on the table and turned to help Sam with hers as the pretty Colonel was giggling hopelessly.

"What happened Mom?" Cassie demanded. Dori moved closer. It had to be funny if the two were still laughing about it.

"Sam… hit… a-a… man…" Her mother gasped.

The two young girls paled. "Is he dead?"

The older woman exchanged glances and burst out laughing again.

"What's going on?" Daniel asked coming in.

"Aunt Sam killed someone!" Cassie said staring at her aunt.

"Why is she-"

"What's up?" Jack asked appearing with Teal'c. "You know-"

He stopped nonplussed. "What's all the laughter for?"

"She hit someone," Dori whispered. "Least… that's what Ms. Fraiser said."

"What?" Jack asked looking up. "Carter?"

The Colonel took a deep breath. "At the store... they were having a..." She started giggling again.

Teal'c raised an eyebrow. If he had not known better he would have said that Colonel Carter had drunk many intoxicating beverages.

Janet took over. "At the snow, there were the snow artists... and they designed a person for you out of snow... and you went in a go cart and knocked it over."

"It was like... snow bowling," Carter gasped. "Ten of them... only you were the bowling ball and..."

And the two women collapsed with laughter.

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Later, once they had calmed down, Janet produced some photos.

The first showed 10 large snow figure, about the size of a human, set up as you would set up pins in a bowling alley. They looked liked crude people.

The second photo showed Sam strapped into the go-cart, determination on her face.

The third: She was crashing into the first 'man'.

The next two showed several more men crashing down. Finally there was one with all the men demolished and Carter was getting out of the car, her hand raised in victory.

"What was the point of that?" A voice asked from behind.

Carter turned around to look at her fiancée. "It was fun."

"You could have been hurt!"

She stared at him. "Pete," she tried to reason. "It was snow, there were dozens of people there."

He stormed out of the room. She looked back at them with hurt on her face.

"What's the matter with him?"

Jack shrugged while Teal'c looked unconcerned. Daniel, Cassie, and Dori pretended not to hear.

She stood up. "I… think I'll take a shower," she said faintly.

And she fled the room.

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She was irritated. Okay, she was pissed.

Why was Pete acting like that? Giving her those accusatory glares? What had she done?

She shampooed her hair and sighed.

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Janet carefully placed the bowls on the table. "Eat up now."

Cassie wrinkled her nose. "Er... Mom... what kind of soup is this again?"

Janet opened her mouth, caught Sam's eye and closed it. "Just eat it Cassie."

The girl sighed and obeyed. "It's probably a nasty healthy soup," she warned them before taking a bite.

Janet frowned at her daughter. Cassie gave her an unrepentant smile. "It's actually O.K."

With this dubious encouragement, everyone began to partake of the meal.

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"No."

"But Jack-"

"No!"

"But-"

"Dori, I said NO!"

The teenager glared. "Cassie is, why can't I?"

Cassie looked alarmed and backed away. "Don't bring me into this."

"She's older-"

"Jack, I'm not baby! Why should I have to go to bed at 9:00? I don't even have school tomorrow."

"She has a point sir," Sam said dropping on the sofa next to Daniel.

"Thanks Carter," Jack said sarcastically.

"Anytime," said the Colonel cheerfully. "Always happy to be of help."

Jack rolled his eyes. "Super Sam to the rescue of poor, abused teenagers?"

Carter winked at Dori who gave her a shy smile. "What can I say sir? It's my calling."

"She'll be a grouch tomorrow," Jack warned despite Dorothy's cry of protest.

Sam shrugged. "I'll risk it."

"Tomorrow's Christmas," Dori said quietly.

Jack opened his mouth then closed it. To be honest, he had forgotten. The news that Carter was to marry that-that-that cop had blown everything out of his mind. "I'm sorry Dori... guess I'm not making this a very Merry Christmas for ya huh?"

She scooted closer to him. "I'm okay... plus, you are giving me a CD player."

"How did you…?"

"I only told you one thing for a reason Jack."

He ruffled her hair then pulled her into his lap before she could retaliate.

Daniel, Sam, and Teal'c watched the display of affection with satisfaction. All of them, especially Daniel, knew what he had gone through with Charlie. It was good to see him happy.

Sam turned her attention to the shiny bauble on her finger. A vague feeling of discontent grew in her. She wanted to be the one sitting in.

She refused to let herself finish that thought. Things between her and her CO were strictly professional.

Right?

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Dori crawled into bed then turned to face her friend. "So now what are we going to do to get them together?"

Cassie grinned. "Now... I think it's time to pull out the good old mistletoe."


I really did mean to update sooner... my entire family was sick, then I got sick... it's been a great two weeks.

My apologies and I hoped you liked this chapter!

Thanks to WarmTea for beta'ing.

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